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UBI Reports & Forecasts Medium/Large OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say UBI Rersearch of Korea reported that its estimate for the value of the medium and large OLED display market was $1.67 billion with shipments rising by 11.2% on an annual basis. …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| OLED Fabs

LG Unveils New Gaming UI, Adds New Cloud-Gaming Services

by Artem Alekseenko

LG Electronics (LG) is expanding the gaming experience on its latest TVs, adding new cloud-gaming services to give users more choice, and a UI update that makes it easier to get in the game. …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| TVs (TV Sets)

TCL

TCLE Rocks IFA 2022 with World’s Largest Mini LED Smart Screen

by Artem Alekseenko

TCL Electronics Holdings Limitedhas showcased a collection of home theater and all-category smart home appliances at this exhibition and has held a product launch event themed “Inspire Greatness.” The Company continues to implement its …

Tags:IFA 2022| TCL

Meta, Qualcomm sign pact on custom virtual reality chips

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Reuters reports that Meta has signed a deal with Qualcomm who will provide custom chips for Meta’s Quest VR headsets. The companies’ engineering teams will collaborate on the platform. The chipsets …

Tags:Application Processors| | Qualcomm| Virtual Reality

Samsung Display transfers LCD patents to CSOT

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung Display (SDC) has sold and transferred its LCD patents to TCL’s CSOT panel making subsidiary which bought the Samsung Suzhou fab in China in 2020. Samsung …

Tags:BOE| CSOT| Patents| Samsung| TCL

USB Promoter Group Announces USB4 Version 2.0

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The USB Promoter Group announced USB4 Version 2.0 which adds a capacity for up to 80Gbps over active cables and ‘up to 80Gbps’ using existing 40Gbps-rated copper cables and connectors. Protocol …

Tags:DisplayPort| HFR - High Frame Rate| Interfaces| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| USB| USB Monitors

USB Promoter Group Announces USB4® Version 2.0

by Artem Alekseenko

The USB Promoter Group announced the pending release of the USB4® Version 2.0 specification, a major update to enable up to 80 Gbps of data performance over the USB Type-C® cable and connector. The …

Tags:USB

The State of Play in MicroLED and an Apple Watch Forecast

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Semiconductor Engineering published quite a long article on the state of play of microLED developments and has some useful information, especially if you are new to the field. In it, Eric …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Investment| MicroLED| R&D (Research & Development)| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Supply Chain

Apple Headset Ideas from Gurman

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Apple expert, Mark Gurman described ‘at least’ three Apple XR headset developments. N301 – probably to be called the Apple Reality PRo and a high-end rival to Meta Platforms Inc.’s …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| iPhone| Smartphones| Virtual Reality